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joining us, gene robinson a columnist from the "washington post," a colleague of mine. great to see you. >> good to be here. >> is talking about bain character assassination? >> you were right, ezra, mitt romney does want us to talk about olympics and all olympics all the time unless we dig too deeply and find out something inconvenient about the saving of the olympics in which case i guess he wants us to talk about what a great guy he is. >> family man. >> it's not character assassination to talk about something a candidate actually did or did not do. if he wants to talk about what president obama has done as president or senator or state senator or community organizer or whatever, i think that's fine. his record is certainly fair game. few this renewed focus, albeit from a random consultancy firm trying to get an angry rich guy to give them millions of dollars, this renewed focus on jeremiah wright, obama's been in our living rooms four years, we know the guy pretty well. we may like him or not like him, people have pretty firm opinion, is the not a new story. it was
joining us, gene robinson a columnist from the "washington post," a colleague of mine. great to see you. >> good to be here. >> is talking about bain character assassination? >> you were right, ezra, mitt romney does want us to talk about olympics and all olympics all the time unless we dig too deeply and find out something inconvenient about the saving of the olympics in which case i guess he wants us to talk about what a great guy he is. >> family man....
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., we'll have california, hawaii, idaho, oregon, washington, and then the last poll closing in alaska. unless this is a very strange night, those races will be interesting for governors races and senate and house races and state issues, but not necessarily for the presidency. unless things go very, very differently than expected to go. this is how your election viewing is going to unfold hour by hour on tuesday night. if you just exclude the states for the presidential race where everybody pretty much knows exactly how it's going to go and just the states where there is some question as to what's going to happen, here is a clip and save thing for you about these states. the battlegrounds. all right? states that you know are going to be important and everybody thinks they're going to be close. these are the states everybody is going to be watching on tuesday night. each of these states, as you know, has a top elections official. and each of these states has a top elections official who is a partisan. who is either a democrat or a republican. and in a democracy, that should mean nothing
., we'll have california, hawaii, idaho, oregon, washington, and then the last poll closing in alaska. unless this is a very strange night, those races will be interesting for governors races and senate and house races and state issues, but not necessarily for the presidency. unless things go very, very differently than expected to go. this is how your election viewing is going to unfold hour by hour on tuesday night. if you just exclude the states for the presidential race where everybody...
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hi spokman attempting to clarify the comments to the washington post by saying senator brown was saking genelly out prite meeng has had whoreind domeic lders prive meengsot sect meetings? but kings and queens? no, nexclaarifatio he misske. didtome iaydrming ke abann. iturnsut h fanstic secreetisithings and queens is something he talks about a lot, which the massachusetts democratic party had made tape of and which they preedi togleellleas to t inteebsomple wh soun tck fmab. >> meetings with kings and queens. world leaders and business aders, kgsnd quee. fro the kin a eens >> i y thohthathe humiatioof seeg yr humilitatingself would be enough to deteryou from further embarrassing exaggeration on the campaign trail,ou'r n stt own. don't rget thi i alshe guwhoaide s the phos ofead ama n lan. >> he tn thepiure, he' defitelyead,nd ifhere an conspiracyheories out there, you should put them to rest, okay? >> no, scott brown, no. you d n see a picturef adin den. u sa the samoax picre on th inteet eryonsaw, onl u tughtt was al, aou to evebodyt waseal so u wld seem important, a big important senat
hi spokman attempting to clarify the comments to the washington post by saying senator brown was saking genelly out prite meeng has had whoreind domeic lders prive meengsot sect meetings? but kings and queens? no, nexclaarifatio he misske. didtome iaydrming ke abann. iturnsut h fanstic secreetisithings and queens is something he talks about a lot, which the massachusetts democratic party had made tape of and which they preedi togleellleas to t inteebsomple wh soun tck fmab. >> meetings...
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now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions. and then treats day after day... who gets heartburnl, well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ male announcer ] treat your frequent heartburn by blocking the acid with prilosec otc. and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> of all the terms you could use to define the modern republican party, whether you like republicans, whether you don't like republicans, whether you are a republican or you wouldn't be caught dead in the grand old party, there are a lot of phrases you could use to define what the republican party is like right now. is the phrase "extraordin
now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions. and then treats day after day... who gets heartburnl, well, shoot, that's like...
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ttd# 1-800-345-2550 >>> could it be the 11 new residents of the washington zoo? for the record, here they are. they are due to be introduced tomorrow. they are 11 asian small clod otters. they are actually a family comprised of two parents and nine babies. obviously these guys could be the best new thing in the world because, i mean, to put it bluntly, otters rule. even though they look like cats crossed with weasels, they are the cutest thing in the world. and these guys in particular, they are a threatened species. they are the smallest and most social otter species in the world, which means they are the cutest of the living breed. the best new thing has to do with their names. all right. are you ready? the parents are named chowder and clementine. the nine children are pork chops,
ttd# 1-800-345-2550 >>> could it be the 11 new residents of the washington zoo? for the record, here they are. they are due to be introduced tomorrow. they are 11 asian small clod otters. they are actually a family comprised of two parents and nine babies. obviously these guys could be the best new thing in the world because, i mean, to put it bluntly, otters rule. even though they look like cats crossed with weasels, they are the cutest thing in the world. and these guys in...
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really, washington post? is that what the people who know mitt romney and dick cheney told you to say? there's more reporting. where cheney's beliefs and policies are rooted in conservative ideology, romney's tend to be driven by analytical problem sauving. this is crack washington post reporting. emphasis on the word crack, based on what they were told by romney sources. trust us, he has nothing to do with dick cheney. pay no attention to the fund-raiser tomorrow. my favorite is from vin weber of minnesota. mr. weber incests with a straight face to the washington post who dutifully wrote it down, quote, this does not look to me like bush/cheney redux. what evidence does mr. weber have that the romney campaign is not a repeat of bush and cheney. he told the washington post, at the broader advisory level, everyone who was around cheney and bush are around romney. wait, back to the talking points. i don't see a lot of overlap there. so they have nothing to do with each other, they're not even advised by the sam
really, washington post? is that what the people who know mitt romney and dick cheney told you to say? there's more reporting. where cheney's beliefs and policies are rooted in conservative ideology, romney's tend to be driven by analytical problem sauving. this is crack washington post reporting. emphasis on the word crack, based on what they were told by romney sources. trust us, he has nothing to do with dick cheney. pay no attention to the fund-raiser tomorrow. my favorite is from vin weber...
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world today includes a sporting event in washington, d.c. that i promise you was called in a play by play sense with more authority and better sourcing than any sporting event in washington, d.c. has ever been called before. details ahead. best week in the world. >>> okay, look at this chart for a second. the yellow part on the left, that is the richest people in the country. the richest quinn tile, the orange is the second richard, the red, so on, the poorest is the gray, on the right. if you ask americans what this graph means, if you ask americans how would you like the wealth in this country to be distributed, what would be best? this is what americans say they would like it to be like. americans say, even ideally, we get that the richest people in the country are going to control more money than the poorest people in the country, that's our system, capitalism, yellow, richest, get a bigger share of the pie than the poorest. this is what americans say they would like our country to be like. that said, we realize that the rich really have
world today includes a sporting event in washington, d.c. that i promise you was called in a play by play sense with more authority and better sourcing than any sporting event in washington, d.c. has ever been called before. details ahead. best week in the world. >>> okay, look at this chart for a second. the yellow part on the left, that is the richest people in the country. the richest quinn tile, the orange is the second richard, the red, so on, the poorest is the gray, on the...
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the next day, washington convulsed over this news. the white house besieged with questions about what this meant. the words gay or same sex used 28 times during monday's white house press briefing. the next day on tuesday north carolina voted to ban legal recognition for same sex couples. the next day, on wednesday, president obama, the president of the united states went on national television and said he was for recognizing the right of same sex couples to get married. the next day, on thursday, "the washington post", a sort of mitt romney romney's, the republican nominee, mitt romney as a young man bullying two closeted gay students including mr. romney leading a group of boys and pinning one student down and mr. romney cutting off the boy's long hair while the kid cried and screamed for help. the next day is friday. the next day is today. today is the day that gq magazine published this profile of mr. romney's to strategist and close aid. he outed a massachusetts state representative transgender. by outing her as transgender, he k
the next day, washington convulsed over this news. the white house besieged with questions about what this meant. the words gay or same sex used 28 times during monday's white house press briefing. the next day on tuesday north carolina voted to ban legal recognition for same sex couples. the next day, on wednesday, president obama, the president of the united states went on national television and said he was for recognizing the right of same sex couples to get married. the next day, on...
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she said, well, there was a big fight in washington about whether or not we should put up our own plan for doing something else to social security besides privatizing and i quashed all that, i used my power in washington to say no. we have a plan. we do have a plan on social security. you want to know what it's called? it's called social security. she felt that playing pure defense on that, no, we need to protect this thing that americans know and love was the way that president bush not only lost that fight but i think it -- it was a part of of the economic reason his second term was scuttled. do you think democrats is something to learn from that here? >> i remember the meetings around that very, very well. again, part of the calculation there is the majority of americans do not trust republicans on this issue. so president bush really put himself out there and then he didn't frankly have an answer that assuaged people's concerns and that's the biggest problem. when you talk about the romney/ryan plan, there are so many gaps that people hear in terms of how will this actually work an
she said, well, there was a big fight in washington about whether or not we should put up our own plan for doing something else to social security besides privatizing and i quashed all that, i used my power in washington to say no. we have a plan. we do have a plan on social security. you want to know what it's called? it's called social security. she felt that playing pure defense on that, no, we need to protect this thing that americans know and love was the way that president bush not only...
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issues about being followed by law enforcement, the break their windows militia blogger guy told the washington post that he had not been questioned by any law enforcement agencies after the rash of democratic attacks -- attacks on democratic offices he called for. he called for them, he claimed credit for them. after it was done, he continued to threaten more. >> there are rifles being cleaned right now. do you understand it? >> cleaned? >> taken out of the closet and cleaned. >> being the break their windows, cleaning our rifles, incitement to violence guy from the health reform fight, did bring this blogger guy some measure of fame on the fringe. he kept threatening civil war and armed sedition on right wing talk radio. he was booked as a speaker in an openly carry your firearms rally that was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing, classy timing. since that time, the break your windows guy, has moved on to a new thing. he has moved on to promulgating a new conspiracy theory about president obama taking away your guns. so it has come to pass that your uncle who w
issues about being followed by law enforcement, the break their windows militia blogger guy told the washington post that he had not been questioned by any law enforcement agencies after the rash of democratic attacks -- attacks on democratic offices he called for. he called for them, he claimed credit for them. after it was done, he continued to threaten more. >> there are rifles being cleaned right now. do you understand it? >> cleaned? >> taken out of the closet and...
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dionne, "washington post" columnist and contributor brookings institution and the author of our divided political heart. it's good to see you and thank you for being here. >> good to be with you and have the early slot, given the story we are doing. >> i have to say i don't know if i'm predisposed to be more interested in issues like this than other people in the media. i don't understand why this is not a bigger story. do you see this as having national significance? >> it's huge. i think the explanation for why this is not a bigger story is a kind of paradox, that this story is almost treated in partisan terms as a republicans say this/democrats say that. and it is entirely true that there is a big partisan element to this story where republicans, where they have control, are trying to make it harder for democratic groups to vote, and occasionally they'll admit that when the legislator did in pennsylvania where he said mitt romney would carry the state. this is much bigger than a partisan story. we passed a great law in 1965 called the voting rights act. it was designed to tear down t
dionne, "washington post" columnist and contributor brookings institution and the author of our divided political heart. it's good to see you and thank you for being here. >> good to be with you and have the early slot, given the story we are doing. >> i have to say i don't know if i'm predisposed to be more interested in issues like this than other people in the media. i don't understand why this is not a bigger story. do you see this as having national significance?...
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from jorge washington to jorge bush and who can forget president jimmy spits. i mean all mitt needs is a little bit. didn't really need to go full john boehner on the spray tan. but a clean cut hispanic american like julian castro or ricky martin, oh my goodness, what if you were just a little bit gay, mitt? think of all the advantages that would provide. no, wait for it, what if you had a vagina? if you were a gay latina this election would be in the bag for you. unfortunately for you, mitt, you were cursed with the hard knock life of growing up as the son of a wealthy governor and auto executive. and when your father paid your way through private school and bought your first house, i can't imagine how difficult that must have been for you. but the truth is the reason why latinos aren't voting for you is because your policies suck. being latino wouldn't win you the election. but saying jokingly that you wish you were might actually lose it for you. >> that video is part of a series called actually, which is an effort to use comedians to fact check mitt romney.
from jorge washington to jorge bush and who can forget president jimmy spits. i mean all mitt needs is a little bit. didn't really need to go full john boehner on the spray tan. but a clean cut hispanic american like julian castro or ricky martin, oh my goodness, what if you were just a little bit gay, mitt? think of all the advantages that would provide. no, wait for it, what if you had a vagina? if you were a gay latina this election would be in the bag for you. unfortunately for you, mitt,...
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republicans in washington are right to roll that back. the violence against women act was first passed almost 20 years ago. when he was in the senate, vice president joe biden wrote the original bill. it passed with bipartisan support. the act was reauthorized in the year 2000, reauthorized again in 2005. it has never been a particularly controversial thing, until now. republicans in the senate initially voted it down this year on a party line vote. they gave it zero votes in committee. it finally did pass the full senate on a 68-31 vote. all 31 no votes there were all male republican senators. all the republican women in the senate voted for it, but 31 men voted no. but now it's over in the house. and house republicans are not for it. they introduced a republican counterproposal that undoes big portions of the violence against women act. their changes, for example, would take away the anonymity from their special visa program for beaten women, thereby advancing the important public policy goal of alerting the abusive husbands of mail ord
republicans in washington are right to roll that back. the violence against women act was first passed almost 20 years ago. when he was in the senate, vice president joe biden wrote the original bill. it passed with bipartisan support. the act was reauthorized in the year 2000, reauthorized again in 2005. it has never been a particularly controversial thing, until now. republicans in the senate initially voted it down this year on a party line vote. they gave it zero votes in committee. it...
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my colleague at the washington post explained this week, money, and texas and wall street, and it has shifted toward the party of mitt romney, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. if karl rove wants to know who may take out their wall >>> i >>> i ezra klein am about to attempt something death defying, i'm going to attempt something that to my knowledge has never been done in primetime television, i'm going the try to convince you in less than two minutes that you should care, really truly care if spanish bond percents are at the right percent. what are they, a bond is what governments use to borrow money. you want money, you sell a bond. the yield is the percent that the government gets on the loan. the more confident a country is that they will be able to pay it back, the less you have to pay to borrow, so we pay just about nothing. a country like spain is considered less of a safe bet so they pay more. a lot more. but here is the thing, most countries print their own currency. so even if they are irresponsible, they print more money and pay down debts, but that can lead to inflation, a
my colleague at the washington post explained this week, money, and texas and wall street, and it has shifted toward the party of mitt romney, john boehner and mitch mcconnell. if karl rove wants to know who may take out their wall >>> i >>> i ezra klein am about to attempt something death defying, i'm going to attempt something that to my knowledge has never been done in primetime television, i'm going the try to convince you in less than two minutes that you should care,...
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when they turned up in washington, d.c. at the court, it was hard not to connect that to justice clarence thomas. he previously appeared as a featured speaker for the group that bankrolls the health reforms unconstitutional. on the day that the supreme court decided to take this case skbrfs thomas and justice were honored at an event held by the law firm that's arguing the ant anti-health reform case. justice thomas had to change his financial disclosure forms for the fact his wife has been a paid activist. so, today in oral arguments tipped their hand that we seem to tip their hand in questioning to make it seem like they really do want to overturn health reform. the short sided question is maybe so shortsighted is the wrong question to ask is how might a ruling against the president's health reform law affect the obama presidency and this president's chances at re-election. i think that is a short sited question and maybe not the right question to ask. no matter whether they uphold the law, they will not decide they like
when they turned up in washington, d.c. at the court, it was hard not to connect that to justice clarence thomas. he previously appeared as a featured speaker for the group that bankrolls the health reforms unconstitutional. on the day that the supreme court decided to take this case skbrfs thomas and justice were honored at an event held by the law firm that's arguing the ant anti-health reform case. justice thomas had to change his financial disclosure forms for the fact his wife has been a...
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so, back pedal, back pedal, according to the washington post, the emergency republican meeting was convened "after learning that some ultrasounds could be more invasive than first thought, many of the bills supporters were apparently unaware of how invasive the procedure could be." really? these quotes are attributed to anonymous virginia official,presumely republican, while anonymity lets you be more honest, these officials are what is the word? oh, yeah, lying! or okay to be fair, they might not be lying, they could be the opposite of smart. these anonymous virginia officials close to the discussions in bob mcdonnell's office say that bob mcdonnell and virginia republicans are changing their minds now in having an emergency meeting to figure out what they will do because they had no idea, they did not realize that their legislation was requiring forced vaginal probes. they didn't know. the whole reason the national media, us included, freaked out about the bill in the first place? it's not -- there wasn't a freak out when it was originally introduced, there was a freak out when virginia d
so, back pedal, back pedal, according to the washington post, the emergency republican meeting was convened "after learning that some ultrasounds could be more invasive than first thought, many of the bills supporters were apparently unaware of how invasive the procedure could be." really? these quotes are attributed to anonymous virginia official,presumely republican, while anonymity lets you be more honest, these officials are what is the word? oh, yeah, lying! or okay to be fair,...
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i am in washington tonight, which is why the backdrop looks different. the studio looks a little deferent than it usually does. last night, though, i was in our home studio in new york city. and when i am sitting in my usual seat at my usual desk in new york, we have what we call an rp, a rare projector. that's the visual thing that's up over my left shoulder, so on your right. it's our not so magic wall in the studio. and that's where we put whatever the visual is for what's going on in that segment. this is how we opened our show last night, as the polls were closing in wisconsin, this is how we started our coverage of what was expected to be the very close recall election in wisconsin. turnout! turnout! turnout! because the exit polls showed that the wisconsin race was expected to be superduper close, everybody's expectation was that the democratic side had made it close by turnout efforts, by get out the vote efforts, by on the ground organizing. yeah, scott walker had a huge financial advantage and with that financial advantage, he had owned the air
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i mean, this is really all about politics and playing this game in washington. and the republicans think they've got something here, and he's just seeing if he can turn up the temperature on it. i think this is why people get disgusted by politics. i think this is why people say, i don't want anything to do with it. you know, i go around the commonwealth here in massachusetts and i meet with people, big groups of people, i ask, how many people in here are another out of work or have someone in your family, someone you love, care about, who is out of work. someone you know. hands go up all over the room. there were three jobs bills last fall, three jobs bills that would have supported jobs here in the commonwealth of massachusetts. scott brown voted against all three of them. we should be talking about that. we should be talking about why that happens. not playing political games. we should be talking upt how kids are going to pay for college education. we should talk about accountability on wall street and whether or not jpmorgan and the kind of practices it sti
i mean, this is really all about politics and playing this game in washington. and the republicans think they've got something here, and he's just seeing if he can turn up the temperature on it. i think this is why people get disgusted by politics. i think this is why people say, i don't want anything to do with it. you know, i go around the commonwealth here in massachusetts and i meet with people, big groups of people, i ask, how many people in here are another out of work or have someone in...
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verizon. >>> the best new thing in the world today includes a sporting event in washington, d.c. that i promise you was called in a play-by-play sense with more authority and better sourcing than any sporting event in washington, d.c. has ever been called before. details ahead. best week in the world. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i know is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children un
verizon. >>> the best new thing in the world today includes a sporting event in washington, d.c. that i promise you was called in a play-by-play sense with more authority and better sourcing than any sporting event in washington, d.c. has ever been called before. details ahead. best week in the world. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm...
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i think america probably thinks washington has been a bit lazy. he was talking, essentially, about himself and the town he's in, saying more or less the opposite of what mitt romney accused him of having said. the first time this happened, you could maybe imagine it was a fluke. the second time, perhaps a coincidence. at this point, it's looking like creative editing is a core strategy for the republican campaign this cycle. steve bennan writes for "the maddow blog," a producer for the show and msnbc contributor and an all-around terrific guy. steve, thank you for being here. >> thank you, ezra. it's good to be here. >> look, politics ain't beanbag, as they say. it's not like the obama campaign has never been generous with mitt romney's words, but lately, it seems to be the whole campaign, it's all misunderstandings and you didn't build that and our plan worked. that doesn't seem like the strategy you choose when you've actually got a good argument that's resonating with the american people. >> exactly. that's the thing about this that strikes me
i think america probably thinks washington has been a bit lazy. he was talking, essentially, about himself and the town he's in, saying more or less the opposite of what mitt romney accused him of having said. the first time this happened, you could maybe imagine it was a fluke. the second time, perhaps a coincidence. at this point, it's looking like creative editing is a core strategy for the republican campaign this cycle. steve bennan writes for "the maddow blog," a producer for...
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this op-ed appeared in "the washington post" quote, could colorado be another florida. could colorado screw it up for the whole country? could scott gessler be this year's kathryn harris?
this op-ed appeared in "the washington post" quote, could colorado be another florida. could colorado screw it up for the whole country? could scott gessler be this year's kathryn harris?
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he said it's as if mitt romney said i'm going to drive from washington, d.c. to california in 15 hours. that means you'll have to go 2 hundred miles an hour and romney said i'm not going to break the law. then how do you square the numbers? you've got to throw the math word back at them maybe with the pretty colors if you want. >> do you expect joe biden to be able to make that point or to do anything else that's going to significantly change the democrats' process. >> i do have high hopes for biden. i watched the debates in the 2007-2008 campaign and biden beat both hillary clinton and barack obama in a number of debates. everybody talks about his gaffes and they forget he is a good debatetor and he has a capacity for empathy for average people. and he can just explain stuff quite well. so i think he will put ryan on the griddle and take the interview with chris wallace and say look, you've got time. you said the math is too complicated. don't give us talk about base lines. tell us how you're going to do this. >> e.j., thanks for being here. i appreciate it.
he said it's as if mitt romney said i'm going to drive from washington, d.c. to california in 15 hours. that means you'll have to go 2 hundred miles an hour and romney said i'm not going to break the law. then how do you square the numbers? you've got to throw the math word back at them maybe with the pretty colors if you want. >> do you expect joe biden to be able to make that point or to do anything else that's going to significantly change the democrats' process. >> i do have...
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when congress is in washington but they're not working on anything, what they do with your time there instead is something called messaging. they do things that don't necessarily have any real policy impact, but they're supposed to have some sort of political impact. they're supposed to excite the base. they're supposed to at least make the folks back home in the home district happy. which is why, for example, there have been zero bills brought to the floor to fix this giant problem of the postal service which is a real problem created by congress that congress has to fix. there have been zero bills brought to the floor to fix that. but there have been 60 bills -- 6-0, 60 bills to give new names to post office buildings. see, when you're not working on real policy, congress does messaging instead. messaging and politics and making donors and home districts happy. and the republicans in the house have chosen for their messaging and politic stunts this week. well, yesterday it was a big anti-contraception rally at which one member of congress the congressman you see here mike kelly, he
when congress is in washington but they're not working on anything, what they do with your time there instead is something called messaging. they do things that don't necessarily have any real policy impact, but they're supposed to have some sort of political impact. they're supposed to excite the base. they're supposed to at least make the folks back home in the home district happy. which is why, for example, there have been zero bills brought to the floor to fix this giant problem of the...
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in washington. does that mean that paul ryan's sin is such a common sin that it's not an important one? >> no. no. it is very important, and it is very common. but here's why it's so important. there seems to me sometimes a desire on the part of the romney campaign and equal desire sometimes among liberals and the obama campaign to talk about this grand ideological battle about the size of government. really what we're having, we're fighting about the size of government and there is nothing in the record of the republican party to suggest that they will shrink government. it just doesn't -- it's not there. you've written about this in your book "drift," under reagan, we saw it under george w. bush. government grew as a share of gdp, spending, even things like medicare part d. the question is, who will government benefit? that is question at issue in the campaign. do not let yourself -- the reason that hypocrisy is so important, do not let yourself get suckered into the belief this is a battle over h
in washington. does that mean that paul ryan's sin is such a common sin that it's not an important one? >> no. no. it is very important, and it is very common. but here's why it's so important. there seems to me sometimes a desire on the part of the romney campaign and equal desire sometimes among liberals and the obama campaign to talk about this grand ideological battle about the size of government. really what we're having, we're fighting about the size of government and there is...